Why in the world is there no text chat?

Why did the developers decide not to add text chat to this game. It is especially needed since you can’t add the game to steam as a non-steam game to be able to use the steam overlay. Major fail for pc players who can’t use voice chat all the time. I also see posts on internet about lots of mics not even working. Really bad deal.

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I’m not sure that encouraging a link between texting and driving would be a good idea.

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haha… awesome answer… I meant to get organized before a race in the lobby. I do private races with a friend. I figured out i can run game in window and use steam for chatting just fine and when race starts alt enter fine back into game so no longer a big issue. I just wish i could force default tuning/ stock cars from clashes like sport gt icons so I but when you change classes for online racing it reverts car restrictions to that class. so everything needs to be class a and therefore those cars can no longer be stock. Ai would be nice too… but that is good. I really like the game overall.

Xbox app. You can send all the messages you want

The game does have voice chat in lobby though.

-k

Texting is done through Xbox Live, actually.

Do PC players use the Xbox App to text chat? I only use PC for painting.

-k

you can do it on your phone now too, even go into a party using the xbox app.

I play on a pc when others in room are sleeping. I prefer to type and to use the xbox app on pc you have to minimize the game which is garbage. I see that this is just a xbox port which works on pc though.

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Can you not use the xbox app on your phone or a tablet as per the post immediately before yours

He could but he’d rather have you lot tie yourself up in knots finding him a solution to his specific problem! lol

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How do you turn on voice chat in forza horizon 5? I am playing on my laptop in steam. Honestly kinda frustrating now I cant seem to find much details on this and support on forza. Like is there a button I have to press? Do I need a headset / Bluetooth headphones like airpods work?